Background: A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. Thailand is currently facing armed violence in its three Muslim-majority southernmost provinces.
April 12th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Phitsanulok April 12: The 12th was another day of travel. I flew from Siem Reap to Bangkok. I then had to find a way to Phitsanulok which is a little over 300 Kms away. I decided on a taxi. I was offered a ride ... 4 photos[full story]
April 8th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Phitsanulok On Thursday 3rd we 'woke up' from having an aweful sleep on our uncomfortable bus to Chiang Mai. It arrived just before 9am after 16 hours on 3 buses - was comforting to see our bags still in the bus. ... 14 photos[full story]
March 30th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Phitsanulok After about an hour long bus ride, we arrived in Phitsanulok, a town convenient to hang out it because it's on the railway and also has very reasonable and nice accomodations. We decided this would b ... 3 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Phitsanulok We arrived in Phitsanalok in the hot evening air after a long, but pleasant bus ride. It's a large city in north-central Thailand and we really had no intention of staying for any length of time, as ... [full story]
January 28th 2008Asia » Thailand » North » Phitsanulok Hey everyone - we are now in central Thailand. Since our last entry we have taken a slow boat upriver on the Mekong to cross from Laos into northern Thailand. This was great - we would thoroughly r ... 41 photos[full story]
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